this paper considers the problem of stable limit cycles generating in a class of uncertain nonlinear systems which leads to stable oscillations in the system’s output.this is a wanted behavior in many practical engineering problems. for this purpose, first the equation of the desirable limit cycle is achieved according to shape, amplitude and frequency of the required output oscillations. then,...

In recent years there has been considerable interest in business process redesign. A process model may be redesigned by combining various tasks and services according to best practices so as to satisfy predefined business rules and constraints to achieve a specific purpose. This purpose may be stated in terms of functional goals (such as desired or acceptable process behavior) and non-functiona...

In [1], a new support vector machine (SVM)-based approach was proposed to predict the substrate (adenylation domain, or A domain in short) specificity of subtypes of a given protein sequence family (nonribosomal peptide synthetases, or NRPS in short). Based on the physico-chemical properties of the amino acids, the residues of NRPS were first encoded into vectors in high dimensional feature spa...

In this paper we describe a study of asynchronous groupware effects on outcome quality and productivity of process redesign groups. Seven groups were studied in two organisations. All groups followed the same group methodology, MetaProi, which comprises a process redesign meta-process with three stages process definition, analysis and redesign. The study indicates that asynchronous groupware su...

The local minimum spanning tree (LMST) topology control protocol tries to maintain connectivity in an ad-hoc wireless sensor network while minimizing power consumption and maximizing data bandwidth. Our formal, statistical model checking analysis of LMST under realistic deployment conditions shows that the invariant of maintaining network connectivity is easily lost. We then propose a formally-...

To support the efficient appraisal and selection of available best practices, this paper proposes a strategy for the implementation of Business Process Redesign (BPR). Its backbone is formed by the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) multi-criteria method and our earlier research on the popularity and impact of redesign best practices. Using (AHP) we derive a classification of most suitable best...

Intelligent digital redesign involves converting a continuous-time fuzzy-model-based controller into an equivalent discrete-time counterpart for the digital control of continuous-time nonlinear systems by using the Takagi–Sugeno (TS) fuzzy models. In this paper, authors present a new global state-matching intelligent digital redesign method for nonlinear systems by using genetic algorithms (GAs...

Business Process Redesign aims to radically improve the performance of business processes. One of the approaches to derive such an improved process design is an evolutionary approach, making use of redesign heuristics (Reijers, 2003). Simulation of the redesigned business process comes into play if one has to decide whether the redesign is better than the previous process design, or if one need...

Business Process Redesign (BPR) projects are considered to be high risk due to their high management complexity, enterprisewide impact, and steep project cost. This paper describes a technique that should reduce that risk by developing a systematic process redesign method that we call Dynamic Process Modeling (DPM). It integrates customer-oriented process modeling with computerized visual proce...

The paper discusses the notion of redesign, and identifies three dilemmas related to post implementation change of information systems. The dilemmas are 1) system development aims at designing stable computer systems for changing environments, 2) the activities requiring most time and effort are based on the weakest planning and organisation, and 3) despite the volume of user initiated system c...